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Social trends
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07.21.10Will the future of social networking be open and distributed? Here comes PlexusI just caught up with my neighbor and fellow futurist Mark Pesce, who over a coffee at our local briefed me on his new project Plexus, which he publicly announced at his recent keynote at Pycon Australia, for Python developers. His excellent speech, titled How Not to be Seen, is below, and the transcript on Mark’s blog. In his presentation Mark starts with his long relationship with programming and finally moves on to describe his project Plexus, which will provide a new platform for social networks. In his talk Mark says: There are three ...
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07.07.10The rise of the cloud workplace: co-working facilitiesTele-commuting has shifted from something that prognosticators talk about to an everyday work practice for many. More and more companies are happy for their staff to spend some or all of their time working from home, facilitated by a profusion of cloud software as well as familiarity with collaboration tools such as instant messaging, screen sharing, and video chat. At IBM, for example, 46,000 out of its 115,000 workers in the US were reported to be working at "alternative workplaces" including home. Many companies large and small are following this lead. Moreover, in the free agent economy a rising proportion ...
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01.02.10Trend map for 2010 and out to 2050For the last few years Richard Watson of NowandNext has created annual trend maps based on city subway maps. This year he has been more ambitious, creating a highly detailed map with five time zones, ranging from 2010-2015 out to 2035-2050. For the previous three trend maps (shown at the bottom) I collaborated with Richard and we co-branded them with Future Exploration Network, however time pressures this year meant that I haven't directly contributed to the 2010 map. It is still as rich and glorious as ever - spend some time delving into the trends ahead! MEGATRENDS OF THE TREND ...
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12.31.09Top blog posts of 2009: 8 Perspectives on InfluenceOther 2009 summary posts Top blog posts of 2009: 6 on Twitter and the media Top blog posts of 2009: Enterprise 2.0 and organizational effectiveness Top blog posts of 2009: The future Top keynote speech presentations/ videos of 2009 And one more summary of my blog posts that have attracted the most interest this year, this time on the topic of influence, which has become very central to my interests and research. 1. Launch of the Influence Landscape framework (Beta) A visual framework to explain the role and mechanisms of influence today 2. “Influence is the future of media” Why influence is at the center of where the media ...
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12.30.09The top 10 trends for the 2010s: the most exciting decade in human historyIn his excellent book The Meaning of the 21st Century, James Martin asks when in human history you would most like to be alive. For me there is no question that it is now. The coming decade will be the most exciting in human history. The very challenging year of 2009 that we are preparing to bid farewell to helped to tear up the fairly linear progress of the first decade of the century. Now, technological and social change are poised to accelerate far beyond what we have become accustomed to. A critical uncertainty is how well we will respond to this ...
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About Me
CIO at Shine Lawyers
Non-exec Director of Ozmota
Non-exec Director of Queensland Kids
Ex CIO/CTO of Ozmota, Benefon and Voxson.Education
Executive MBA from QUT
High Distinction average
Singapore Airlines International Business Award
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Computer Science from QUT
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